What the 2013 Tableau Customer Conference Means to InterWorks
We’re less than a month away from the biggest Tableau event of the year: TCC13. If you’ve attended TCC in the past, especially last year, you understand just how huge this event is in the data visualization world. TCC sets the stage for how people will be using Tableau for the entire following year. Moreover, […]
Automated PDF Email Distribution of Tableau Views Using PowerShell and Tabcmd
I’m three months in to my career at InterWorks and think it’s high time for my first blog post. In this post, we’ll cover the basics of using PowerShell and Tabcmd to distribute PDF files of your Tableau views via email. I have to give the credit for this script to a former colleague whom, […]
InterWorks Earns Inc. 5000 Honor for Sixth Consecutive Year
STILLWATER, OKLA – Inc. Magazine recently unveiled the “Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies” for 2013. InterWorks earned the No. 2,161 spot nationally and also ranked No. 18 among companies based in Oklahoma. Within the IT Services industry, InterWorks placed No. 297 out of 700. This is the sixth consecutive year in which InterWorks received […]
InterWorks Supports 2013 Tableau Customer Conference as Gold Sponsor
STILLWATER, OKLA. – Tableau Software recently named InterWorks a Gold Sponsor for the 2013 Tableau Customer Conference. InterWorks sponsored previous Tableau Customer Conferences, but Gold Sponsor is their highest level of sponsorship to date. As a Gold Sponsor, InterWorks takes on a significant role in promoting and supporting TCC13. “Even though InterWorks is a top-tier […]
Step by Step Guide Veeam B&R 7 Upgrade
Yesterday, Veeam released Veeam Backup and Replication 7, which contains some significant improvements such as backup to tape, parallel backups (simultaneous backups with the same job), SureBackup for replicas, and more. The full list can be viewed either at http://go.veeam.com/v7 or http://www.veeam.com/vm-backup-recovery-replication-software.html?ad=men… This article provides a step by step guide for an upgrade from Veeam […]
Aggregating With Extracts – Why and How Would I Do Such a Thing?
So, Here’s the “Why” In Tableau, we are easily able to slice and dice the data according to our dimensions thanks to the default manner in which Tableau aggregates the data on our behalf. Therefore, I can simply add any measure and trust the view is appropriate at that level; from an overview, down to […]
2013 HP Vertica Big Data Conference in Review
Just last week, HP Vertica wrapped up it’s first-ever Big Data Conference. The conference was the biggest opportunity to date for InterWorks and other Vertica partners to share their working knowledge of Vertica and network with each other. The Big Data Conference also featured several prominent members of HP and Vertica staff and leadership, allowing […]
Logging On Different Domain with Tableau Desktop
The Problem As consultants, we often run into instances where we need to connect to a Microsoft SQL database as a user from another domain. Using SQL Server Management Studio fails the login because we can’t specify which domain credentials to use, just that we want to use them. Naturally, it defaults to the domain credentials […]
Quantifying Myself with Tableau
One of the dangers of getting older, enjoying technology or writing a book is becoming sedentary. In December of last year, I realized that my lifestyle was simply not healthy. I wasn’t eating properly or exercising enough. My weight was 182 pounds (well over my ideal of 155). I decided to use the time I […]
Tableau via PowerShell, Part 2: Saving Changes
This is part 2 of my mini-series on exploring Tableau workbooks with PowerShell. If you missed it, you should read Part 1: Opening Workbooks, before continuing. Welcome back! Last time I showed you how to open a Tableau workbook (TWB or TWBX) in PowerShell so you could start exploring the raw XML. Today I’ll show […]